09 Mar Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Presents Two Authors in March
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum will host two author talks and book signings in March in the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Conference Room.
Olivia Gaines (also known as Cheryl Corbin) will give an author’s talk on March 16th at 5:30pm. She is a USA Today Best Selling, Emma Award, and multiple award-winning author who loves a good laugh coupled with some steam, mixed in with a man and woman finding their way past the words of “I love you.” An author of contemporary romances, she writes heartwarming stories of blossoming relationships filled with heart and humor. The Technicians, The Blakemore Files, and the Modern Mail Order Brides, are one clicks for thousands of readers.
When Olivia is not writing, she enjoys quilting, playing Scrabble online against other word lovers and spending time with her family. She is an avid world traveler who writes many of the locations into her stories. Most of the time she can be found sitting quietly with pen and paper plotting more adventures in love. Olivia lives in Hephzibah, Georgia with her husband, son, grandson and snotty evil cat, Katness Evermean. Learn more about her books, upcoming releases and join her bibliophile nation at www.ogaines.com.
Dr. Janaka Bowman Lewis will give a talk on March 23 at 5:30pm. The title of the talk will be: Radical Creativity: Black Women and Girls Writing their Stories. Dr. Lewis is Associate Professor of English and Interim Chair of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies. A Tedx 2021 speaker (UNC Charlotte), author of Freedom Narratives of African American Women, Light and Legacies: Black Girlhood and Stories of Liberation, three children’s books (Brown All Over, Bold Nia Marie Passes the Test, and Dr. King is Tired, Too!!) and founder of the Vanilla Bowman Foundation for Educational Impact, Lewis serves on the Freedom School Partners and Rise 2 Thrive Family Resource Center boards. She was in Charlotte Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” 2020 class.
Based on Light and Legacies, this talk will discuss how Black women literary figures have told and represented their girlhood stories. Including activists Angela Davis and Assata Shakur, writer Toni Morrison, and the fictional stories of Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give), she will discuss how liberation is an intergenerational discussion. Janaka’s talk is being co-sponsored by the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History and the Augusta African American Historical Society. Her latest book link is https://uscpress.com/Light-and-Legacies.
To register please call the Museum at 706.724.3576.